Azoffxander

War Studies. Seapower, strategy and most things Maritime. Interested largely in the 19th and early 20th c. Royal Navy.

[Azoffxander @Alan25414530]

@totally_not_ace @hamas_warrior @LorcanKelly14 @Gaismair I think you need to read some of the British operational plans drawn up during the Trent Affair. The British were very confident that they could blockade America/Union and planned for the bombardment and seizure of New York, and Washington as they had done in 1814.

[Azoffxander @Alan25414530]

@pinstripedline Armilla Patrol maybe?

[Rowan Allport @DrRowanAllport]

I don't care what a lot of people who think we should be handcuffed to the North Atlantic say, doing these deployments every 5 years or so is worth its weight in gold.

[Kate ✨️ @kejamieson_]

LinkedIn do be LinkedIn-ing this morning.

[Defence Studies KCL @DSD_Kings]

⚓No More Napoleons: How did Britain manage Europe from Waterloo to WWI?

Join Prof Andrew Lambert for the launch of the Corbett Sea Power Centre + the 2025 Peter N. Davies Lecture

🗓️18 June |17:15 | Strand Campus & Online
🎟️Free & open to all – Register: https://t.co/Z9tXKBU09x

[On This Day RN @OnthisdayRN]

#OnThisDay 1855 @RoyalNavy Lt’s Cecil Buckley & Hugh Burgoyne from HM Ships MIRANDA & SWALLOW, with Gunner John Robarts from HMS ARDENT landed to destroy 73 Russian Vessels, stores and provisions during Crimean War under heavy fire. All survived to receive their Victoria Cross.

[DockYard Talk⚓ @DockYardWall]

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[Drachinifel @Drachinifel]

In thought was she conceived, now she manifests into substance....

HMS Thunderchild courtesy of the brilliant Gerry Westenberg.

[King's Laughton & Corbett Centre @laughtonunit]

"No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One" the exclusive new book from @warstudies Professor Andrew Lambert, arrives June 2025.

https://t.co/9kU0RVxk4V

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

"There were more Romans and Italians killed in one day of fighting at Cannae than Americans killed in combat during the whole Vietnam War.”

Greg Daly in Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the 2nd Punic War

[David Algonquin @surplustakes]

The deputy director of DBT's Heavy Industry Engagement Team arrives at Scunthorpe steelworks (2025, colourised)

[Navy Lookout @NavyLookout]

Yes let's build a third aircraft carrier - the HMS Prince Andrew, armed with Trident, Harriers and Sea Typhoon or something.

Great scoop by @UKDefJournal

https://t.co/QgqvMT2kKI

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!!

[King's Laughton & Corbett Centre @laughtonunit]

🚨Our next #maritimeseminar in the 2024-2025 series is soon!
📰‘Failing to prepare for the unexpected’: British defence policy in the late Cold War and the Royal Navy’.
📍Thu 6 Mar 2025 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM GMT
Sign up to attend: https://t.co/X4EMWEHvdL?

[Alessio Patalano @alessionaval]

I’m sorry but as a proud Italian, Brit, and European. There’s one thing I must put my foot down on. We should never, ever, be in a position to have to rely on American food. That’s the front line and the last line of strategic autonomy. Ammos - fine. Food - not fine. 😉

[Bandy @bandy1803]

There's a guy on Youtube who makes ambient music paired with a historic landscape painting.

It's just a few notes + white noise (campfire, birdsong, etc). Good for reading.

I'm into it; a few of my favorites linked 🔽.

[Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson]

Only two types of people truly believe in Britain: Russians and Iranians